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Alex Quigley
teacher of 15 years who now writes for teachers
Closing the Writing Gap: Developing Independent Writers delivered by our Headline Speaker – Alex Quigley
Alex explores some of the key challenges facing pupils that is determining the current national fall in writing outcomes. He goes onto explore practical strategies, so that pupils can write independently, such as crafting great sentences, planning, editing and revising.
Alex Quigley – Alex is a teacher of over 15 years who now writes for teachers. His writing includes best-selling books, such as ‘Closing the Writing Gap’ and ‘The Confident Teacher’, as well as being a columnist for TES. He writes at www.alexquigley.co.uk.
READ WHAT ATTENDEES SAID ABOUT LAST YEAR’S READING CONFERENCE
Debra Myhill
Debra is Professor Emerita of Education at the University of ExeteR
Grammar as Choice
This session will explain the idea of ‘grammar as choice’ and how it enables young writers to understand the effect of the choices they make on their writers. Drawing on the evidence from research, the session will share practical examples of the approach in practice.
Debra is Professor Emerita of Education at the University of Exeter, UK, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her research has focused particularly on the inter-relationship between metalinguistic understanding and writing; and writing pedagogy. Underpinning this research is the principle that literacy, especially writing, is a pathway to empowerment.
EMMA MUDGE
School adviser specialising in english, services for education
Services For Education English Adviser Emma Mudge, will be leading the Writing Conference as well as delivering a fantastic session on comprehension.
Writing Assessment – Demystifying the Teacher Assessment Frameworks
Our in-house KS2 writing moderator will focus upon the understanding of key ‘pupil can’ statements from the end of the KS2 TAF during this session. Emma will identify how this understanding impacts our teaching of crucial writing skills and will also look at how we can build opportunities to develop these skills throughout the school.
Read some of Emma’s blog posts and articles here.
Emma Mudge has over 20 years of experience working in primary education. Throughout this time, she has become a leader in a wide variety of areas throughout the school including Assessment, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Management and Lead DSL, to name but a few. As Deputy Head Teacher and Acting Head Teacher, she has been at the forefront of school leadership and improvement. During her role as English leader, she successfully introduced new approaches which significantly raised attainment. This led her to be approached to support other English coordinators across Birmingham, make presentations to school leaders and become a member of a small group of specialist teachers and leaders, tasked with improving the reading attainment in a number of schools across the city.
Martin Galway:
Head of School Programmes at the National Literacy Trust
Read for meaning
Write like you mean it! In this session, Martin will explore the many connections between reading and writing. He will make a case for why reading, writing, speaking and listening instruction all have valuable, mutually supportive contributions to make in developing keen reader/writers with something to say.
Martin is Head of School Programmes at the National Literacy Trust. Previously he worked as a Teaching and Learning Adviser for HFL’s Primary English Team, a leading teacher for English, primary school teacher & lecturer in film. Martin specialises in reading and writing development with interests including reading fluency instruction, grammar, literacy difficulties, and oracy.
SONIA THOMPSON
HEADTEACHER AT ST MATTHEW'S C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL, DIRECTOR OF ST MATTHEW'S EEF RESEARCH SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM.
High Quality Writing Implementation
Sonia will examine the role of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the importance of evidence-informed practice, consider the importance of a reason to write and someone to write for (purpose and audience) and most importantly, will share writing practice and consider how a school can translate the evidence into action.
Sonia Thompson is the Headteacher at St Matthew’s C.E. Primary School and the Director of St Matthew’s EEF (Education Endowment Foundation) Research School, in Nechells Birmingham. St Matthew’s is a Talk for Writing Training Centre and previously held DfE Teaching School status. Her school regularly hosts’ visits for teachers, Headteachers and MATs, who want to see evidence-informed practice across the curriculum. Sonia recently published a book called, An Ethic of Excellence in Action; has had articles published and regularly reviews blogs for SchoolsWeek. She has a chapter in, the researchED Guide to the Curriculum and is a contributor to the new WALKTHRUs 3 book. Sonia is a board member of the UKLA National Council and the Birmingham Diocese. She is also a trustee for the Church of England National Society, Classics for All and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). Sonia is regularly asked to deliver keynotes and training at various conferences and events, across the country.
why services for education?
Expertise:
We are extremely passionate about our fields and devote a great deal of time to CPD ourselves, to remain at the cutting edge of national and local developments and ensure all training and support is relevant, up to date and actionable for your school. The numerous awards we have won reflect this.
Experience:
Our experience speaks for itself. We have over 170 years of combined experience within the team, of both teaching and leading schools which means we have the strategic thinking and pragmatic “real world” view of what it takes to be a teacher.
Adaptability:
Our offer reflects the wide range of school needs. We can offer Insets, online and centre-based training courses; we provide bespoke training courses and/or more detailed audits and consultancy; and we aim to cover all the topics and areas important to schools and other educational settings.
MORE INFORMATION
At Services For Education we provide a wide range of face to face services and professional development opportunities to enhance teaching and champion school improvement across Birmingham.
We have won awards for our Contribution to Education across the City and continuously receive positive feedback from our course attendees.
We are also a charity (Charity no. 1148848) with a mission to use the power of learning and of music to create and build confidence amongst children, young people, adults and communities across the city of Birmingham.
2024 Winner
Training Provider or educational establishment of the year
2023 Winner
Excellence in SEND
In partnership with Soundabout
2022 Winner
the Arts, culture and heritage award
2022 Winner
Outstanding Charity of the Year
2021 Winner
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION RESOURCE
2021 WINNER
#GOLDSTARS AWARD
2021 Winner
Innovation in Education Award
2021 Winner
Excellence in Training and Education
2019 Winner
Excellence in Training and Education
2019 Winner
Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community
2018 Winner
Music Education Council Major Award
2018 Winner
Contribution to Education
2018 Silver winner
Birmingham schools' brass band championship sections
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If you would like some more information about the Online Primary Reading Conference, or our other English training courses and services, please email hello@servicesforeducation.co.uk or call 0121 366 9950 and ask to speak to Emma Mudge.
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